# Yoshinori Fukushima

> Yoshinori Fukushima is a seed investor at LayerX (Tokyo) backing Internet and Software. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [LayerX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/layerx)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 5%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://jp.linkedin.com/pub/yoshinori-fukushima/2b/6a9/240
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/fukkyy
- Website: https://x.com/fukkyy
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yoshinori.fukushima.9

Yoshinori Fukushima is a seed investor at LayerX in Tokyo focused on Internet and Software. Yoshinori Fukushima - CEO @ LayerX

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.3M–$41M |
| Angel | $7.1M–$11M |
| Series A | $2.5M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 5 | 25% |
| Software | 4 | 20% |
| Marketing | 4 | 20% |
| Service Industry | 3 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 15% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 50% |
| Angel | 5 | 25% |
| Series A | 3 | 15% |
| Series B | 1 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 16 | 80% |
| Singapore | 2 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jizai | Jizai is a provider of artificial intelligence technology, offering AI solutions, software-as-a-service products powered by AI, and robots that utilize AI capabilities for businesses across various industries. The company focuses on generative AI, large language models (LLMs), and robotics, offering customizable AI platforms and automation tools.It also engages in AI consulting and research collaborations. |  | Seed | Dec 09, 2025 |  |
| Amptalk | Amptalk is a software development firm specializing in operating automatic transcription and analysis of online business negotiations. | $6.6M | Series A | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| PeopleX | PeopleX encourages and assists employees in their professional development. | $10.3M | Seed | Jun 03, 2024 |  |
| Now Do | Now Do provides online growth revolution platform. | $4.3M | Seed | Mar 31, 2021 |  |
| Manabie | Manabie is an Education Technology start-up company on a mission to provide a new style of online & offline merged learning around the world. It provides students with everything they need for efficient learning, learning materials, learning environments, and personal coaches. The company integrates online and offline learning. | $4.8M | Seed | Apr 22, 2020 |  |
| Luup | Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets. | $3.3M | Seed | Mar 01, 2020 |  |
| Now Do | Now Do provides online growth revolution platform. | $7.1M | Angel | Dec 13, 2019 |  |
| Enechain | enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy. |  | Angel | Nov 01, 2019 |  |
| Tanp | Gracia is an EC business and media business that provides coloring precious moments and enriching human connections. | $69.1M | Series B | Aug 28, 2019 |  |
| Zenport | Zenport is a startup building the open platform of global supply chain management ("SCM"), addressing the global market with USD 30 -50 Billion potentially. Opening this market, we aspire to be an Operating System of global SCM.With fresh eyes and deep insights of the team, we simplify and standardize the inter-company communications ofglobal SCM, acquiring the patent on our product concept. The current product is a communication platform based on the Object-oriented design to solve the inefficiencies of legacy off-line communications, such as emails, calls, and excel spreadsheets. | $12.4M | Seed | Aug 20, 2019 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Angel Bridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-bridge) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Akatsuki Games Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akatsuki-3) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Genesia Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genesia-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/go-a290) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About LayerX

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

LayerX which promotes the digitization of business processes utilizing technologies such as blockchain technology.

4 contacts available at LayerX.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yoshinori Fukushima | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yoshinori-fukushima |
| Enomoto Yusuke | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enomoto-yusuke |
| Hiroyuki Watase | Director CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroyuki-watase |
| Matsumoto Courage | Representative Director CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matsumoto-courage |

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## FAQ

### What does Yoshinori Fukushima invest in?

Yoshinori Fukushima invests primarily in Internet, Software and Marketing startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Yoshinori Fukushima's check size?

Yoshinori Fukushima typically joins rounds of $3.3M–$41M at Seed, $7.1M–$11M at Angel and $2.5M–$14M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Yoshinori Fukushima participates in.

### When did Yoshinori Fukushima last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yoshinori Fukushima closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 20 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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